Interesting enough...You can make items with artisin, and then kill something and get the same drops, or weaker drops. It all depends on what you make, and its condition of course. But standing to the fact, if you have a high artisin lvl, and a LOW character lvl, you will definatly get stronger weapons. I have done that on my lvl 17 Predetor, lvl 31 Armorsmith.